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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

강도질하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gangdojilhada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mug/mʌɡ/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 밤길에 강도를 당했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To attack and rob someone in a public place.

    "He was mugged outside the subway station late at night."
As noun
  1. 1

    A large cylindrical cup with a handle, used for drinking hot beverages.

    "She poured fresh coffee into her favorite ceramic mug."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating in the late 16th century, the noun likely derives from Scandinavian terms for drinking vessels, such as the Norwegian dialect mugge. By the 18th century, it came to mean a person's face (hence mugshot), and by the 19th century, it evolved into a slang verb meaning to assault and rob someone in a public place.

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